Early childhood investment impacts social decision-making four decades later.
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SUBMITTER: Luo Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6246600 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov
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Early childhood investment impacts social decision-making four decades later.
Luo Yi Y Hétu Sébastien S Lohrenz Terry T Hula Andreas A Dayan Peter P Ramey Sharon Landesman SL Sonnier-Netto Libbie L Lisinski Jonathan J LaConte Stephen S Nolte Tobias T Fonagy Peter P Rahmani Elham E Montague P Read PR Ramey Craig C
Nature communications 20181120 1
Early childhood educational investment produces positive effects on cognitive and non-cognitive skills, health, and socio-economic success. However, the effects of such interventions on social decision-making later in life are unknown. We recalled participants from one of the oldest randomized controlled studies of early childhood investment-the Abecedarian Project (ABC)-to participate in well-validated interactive economic games that probe social norm enforcement and planning. We show that in a ...[more]
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